Sports & Fitness
The Ongoing, Global Challenge of Keeping Girls In Sports
When it comes to keeping young girls involved in sports, two contrasting facts always come to light: (1) Girls drop out of sports at twice the rate of boys by the age of 14. And (2) 94% of women in senior leadership positions played sports through their teens.
Expats & Exceptionalism: England’s World Cup Team as an Example of Immigration Patterns
The FIFA World Cup — men’s and women’s — joins the Olympic Games as arguably the best examples of the positive sides of nationalism and patriotism.
A Viral Photo, A Tale of Immigration And 2 Spanish Dual-Nationals Playing Against Each Other
When two dual-national Spanish citizens face off against each other in the final game of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, it is the culmination of a narrative that has permeated the entire tournament — a new phenomenon that is not going away, a story of players representing nations that may or may not have been the country of their birth.
More Than a Game: How European Basketball Fans Redefine Atmosphere
European basketball is unlike anything most U.S. fans have experienced, where fans become just as much a part of the game as the players themselves.
Which Countries Are Supplying The Most Footballers to the 2025/26 UEFA Men’s Champions League?
The UEFA Champions League gathers the strongest clubs in European football, but behind every squad lies a global map of talent.
How Chris Armas’ Boricua Upbringing Helped Him Become A Better Soccer Coach
Chris Armas, the head coach of the Kansas City Current in the U.S. National Women’s Soccer League, had a distinctly cross-cultural upbringing.
‘CHAMPIONS OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY’: A Skiers Documentary That Wound Up Being A Completely Different Film
A documentary that originally was just supposed to be a short film about Afghan skiers turned into a much longer piece after those skiers were forced to leave the country as refugees when the Taliban returned to power.
The Destinations Podcast: U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame Coach Chris Armas On Turning Culture Into Victory (Video)
In this inspiring episode of The Destinations Podcast, we sit down with Chris Armas, head coach of the National Women’s Soccer League’s Kansas City Current and member of the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame.

















